# Quote — Tanith Lee, Delusion’s Master

> For you are mad, my dear, in following this vocation. Even your goodness is a craziness. But then, all the very good are mad, just as the very wicked are mad. In fact, there is hardly any difference between the holy and the profane, save in their ideals and their deeds. Both are fanatics. Both are ruthless.

- Author: [Tanith Lee](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee.md)
- Book: [Delusion’s Master](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/delusions-master.md)
- Page: 124
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/delusions-master/for-you-are

## More from this book

> The stink of madness is unsubtle here. Let us be going.

p. 36 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/delusions-master/the-stink-of-madness.md)

> And some who were not elegant said: “He is too elegant to be honest.” And some who were not tall said: “He is too tall to be trusted,” and some who were intuitive shuddered, though they were not sure why.

p. 41 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/delusions-master/and-some-who.md)

> The bitterness of joy lies in the knowledge that it cannot last. Nor should joy last beyond a certain season, for, after that season, even joy would become merely habit.

p. 159 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/delusions-master/the-bitterness-of-joy.md)